Definition of siphonophora Siphonophora
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What does siphonophora mean?
WordNet
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| siphonophora - marine colonial hydrozoans | ||
| order Siphonophora | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| class hydrozoa, hydrozoa coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes | ||
| siphonophore a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored | ||
| genus nanomia a genus of Siphonophora | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- siphonophora (n. pl.)
An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
Part of speech
🔤- siphonophora, noun, singular of siphonophoras / siphonophorae.
